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The council will then vote on which changes will go before city voters as ballot measures in November.

From Los Angeles Times

Full Moons have names that date back to ancient traditions before modern calendars were used.

From BBC

The accounts forecast a cash shortfall this summer - even before the "severe but plausible scenario" of dropping into the Championship.

From BBC

Breathless pronouncements that things have changed irredeemably and it's now multi-party politics forever have been made and proven wrong before.

From BBC

Jalalabad residents told AFP that they saw a person who parachuted from the plane before being detained.

From Barron's